Record-book.



umTnn sTATn-s PATENT Ormea.

APETER H. sIMs, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

` 'RECORD-BOOK. i

To aZZ` whom t may concern/:Q Be it known that I, 4PETER H.- SIMs, ofthe city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record-Books, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to devise a perpetual pocket or deskrecord especially` adapted for the entry of due dates; and' it consists,essentially` of a case adapted to receive a series of index-cards and,record-cards, thecase being provlded vwlth a foldlng cover, subdstantially as hereinafter more specifically described and thendefinitely claimed.

Figure. 1 is a perspective view of my recordbook closed. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the same opened up to expose the contents. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the recordcards. l

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different iig- A Thebookncomprises, aswill be seen, a case A,having a receptacle B formed thereon, and provided with a folding cover.C. The case is preferably provided with a clasp D, such as commonlyemployed for pursesVwhereby the cover may be lockedin the closedposition.

The sides a of the receptacle are of stiff material and are providedwithexpansible con` Anec'tions withthe front and back walls of thereceptacle, so as'to allow the receptacle to ex- I V pand somewhat atthe top to permit an easy inspection of its contents, and vat the sametime the sides are squarely and rmly attached to the bottom of thereceptacle for the pur- I pose-of holdingtheA cards at all timesuniformly in place and so that the'cards at each end of the case shallpresent the appearance of the square ends of a book. The receptacle'isalso, it will be seen,l somewhat shallow, Which,'with the expansibleconnections of the sides, permits the ready examination of the contents.In this-receptacle are placed aseries E of indexcards bearing the namesof the months from f January to December.

In front of these are v preferably placed aseries of index-cards F,

' specification oflnetters Patent. y Application ined January so, i905.seria1Na24a25a- Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

inscribed with the names of days of the week,

in the present case from Monday till Satur-A day. Behind the index-cardssufficient room is provided for a number Ofblank recordf cards G. Onthese cards are made entries of `anyl engagements, obligations, or datesfor the receipt and payment of money. A card upon'which a record is madeis filed behind the index-card for the month of maturity, so

'that upon a review of the led cards at any time the user is reminded ofdue dates. The

daily index-cards may be used to keep track of the due dates of anyparticular Week, either by special entries or bycards removed from theirposition under one of the monthly head'- ings.

The case is of a convenient size for' carrying in the pocket, or it maybe used, if desired, for a desk-index and will be found much moreconvenient in every way than the ordinary memorandum-book. It is, too, alperpetual record, as the only parts requiring renewal are the blankrecord-cards, ythe indexcards being useful until worn out. v

' :What I claim as my invention is- 1. A record-book comprising a caseprovided with a shallow vreceptacle having exv pandingside's squarelyandrmly attached to\ the bottom and a folding coverin combination4 witha series of index-cards insertedI in .said receptacle, substantially asdescribed.

2. Acase for a card-index record-book provided with a shallow-receptacle having expanding sides squarely'and firmly attached tothebottom of the receptacle; andl a folding cover, rsubstantially asdescribed.

3. A case for a card-index record-book pro-l vided with a receptacle'having sti' endsl lsquarely-fand rmly attached to .the bottom andhaving expansible connectionswith the front and back walls,.substantially as 'described.` l d Toronto, January 25 1905.

. PETER H. SIMS. In presence of g I-LD. GAMBLE, l MARGARET MCAUn

